Genome-wide analysis of mRNA regionalization in a giant single cell
Ashley R. Albright, Connie Yan, David Angeles-Albores, Yina Hudnall, Tatyana Makushok, Jamarc Allen-Henderson, Wallace F. Marshall · 2026
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Description
One giant cell can pattern itself like a tiny embryo. Ashley R. Albright leads a 2026 study of the single-celled Stentor. This striped cell is a millimeter long. Cut pieces can regrow whole forms without spilling.
Surgery plus gene tools mapped RNA by cell region. Messages from distinct genes piled up in distinct zones. Head and tail regions held different RNA sets. The cell thus sorts its own instructions in space. Similar tricks pattern animal embryos across many cells. Size lets each cell fragment yield enough material to test. Single cells may be smarter architects than assumed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ashley R. Albright, Connie Yan, David Angeles-Albores, Yina Hudnall, Tatyana Makushok, Jamarc Allen-Henderson, Wallace F. Marshall |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51678 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |